Used this tool for a few years and haven't noticed that it has such a big collection of CDMA flash files. Today one client brought me Motorola V262 for flashing so I went to support to find needed flash file. And look what I found!

If you want to know the adress of this support, please PM me and I'll let you know. I can't post the adress here because moderators can count it as an advertising.

Used this tool for a few years and haven't noticed that it has such a big collection of CDMA flash files. Today one client brought me Motorola V262 for flashing so I went to support to find needed flash file. And look what I found!

If you want to know the adress of this support, please PM me and I'll let you know. I can't post the adress here because moderators can count it as an advertising.

Meh, none of these flashes won't work with RSD Lite: they're for some expensive service software tied to a hardware dongle.

They're all on a custom encrypted/protected format (.PST) that will only work with these propietary tools. Plus, that site does not offer those files for free download - you must PAY for them. I have seen a couple of .PST Latin American flashes on the wild, but they're useless for the 99.99% of the people out there.

Too bad - there is a bunch of flashes that will never be available for free in the internets :(

03-02-2010, 01:04 AM

dilworks

Oh, about the file format, it's .PCF, not .PST :P

BUT... some of those flashes ARE AVAILABLE VIA MSU! Plug your phone and let Motorola Software Update download your firmwares :) For example, lots of Latin American monsters are available on that way.

03-02-2010, 07:37 PM

luxent

anyone got it to work?

03-02-2010, 11:38 PM

dilworks

Some of these firmwares can be manually downloaded from Motorola RSD servers: you only need to guess the correct filename, and then append https://rsddownload.motorola.com/download/ to it - that's how MSU downloads the firmwares. If you're looking for USA/Canada firmwares, you will only be able to get UPGRADE flashes, not full monster flashes :( But, if you're targeting for some Latin American/Asian/African file, you can only get full MONSTERS ;)

The file extensions are usually .shx.gz or .zip, so it's just trial and error...

03-03-2010, 04:45 AM

mcandre

That service is not so expensive.
Look: http://scoutdongle.com
You get access to flash files for all Motorola phones only for 60 usd. I use it for 2 years.

03-03-2010, 09:00 PM

TucsonDirect

well, the unit is what you have to purchase, i have a VE240 and need to enable DUN, i hear that some cricket firmwares have this enabled, but i have not been able to find them, i also hear that metro PCS has not locked the feature but i also can not Find the metropcs Monster or a DST that isnt a customer upgrade if anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated!

VE240 and need to enable DUN, i hear that some cricket firmwares have this enabled, but i have not been able to find them

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Quote:

VE240: Cricket, Generic DSTVE240LA: Iusacell_Mexico

Quote:

R_GSJPICOHGTR052_PDS018_LP0039_GSJPICOHGTR_S049_E0 15_R002_G003_WIG117913_1FF.sbf
how do you guess a file name like that!!! lol

This is flash file for U9 (gsm), firmware version is R6632_G_81.27.05R

03-04-2010, 02:26 PM

TucsonDirect

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcandre

TucsonDirect,

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This is flash file for U9 (gsm), firmware version is R6632_G_81.27.05R

i must be missing something really important here because... i dont know how u came up with that phone for that name (other than a google search or something)

and its not quite clicking what those above file names are? or how to use them to find the particular info im looking for

ETA
oh i see you are saying for the site you listed, i dont have access to download from that site because i dont have their hardware, nor do i have the funds to purchase their hardware

03-05-2010, 01:07 PM

dilworks

GSM firmware filenames are tricky to guess, since there is a gazillon of version parameters there :P

CDMA carriers are a litte bit easier - there are mainly two formats:

For North America, Asia and Africa:
REL_L7C_01.08.00R_PRImm06637_MONSTER_01

where:
- REL = carrier code (REL = Reliance India, Verizon is VZW, MetroPCS is MPC...)
- L7C = duh! :P
- 01.08.00R = firmware version
- PRImm06637 = flex build ("PRI" is fixed, the "mm" can be variable but there are always two repeated letters, latest firmwares are "ss", "tt" or something higher, and a 5-digit build number or something related). You can read this number from your phone - it's on the flex version displayed by things like RSD CDMA General, but keep in mind that every update has a higher number.
- MONSTER = flash class (MONSTER or CUSTOMER_UPDATE)
- 01 = looks to be the flash revision (this is often "01", but "02" or even "04" are not uncommon at all)

Some parameters may be missing from the file name (like the "PRI" stuff), and there may be extra things in the filename (like "HA" for hebrew/arabic firmwares: PCL_V9m_01.28.0R_HA_Monster_01)

For Latin American firmwares:
V9MLA_02.0D.0CP_Movilnet_Venezuela_Monster_08-01-23_JAGla25262

- V9MLA = model plus "LA" for Latin America.
- 02.0D.0CP = FW version
- Movilnet = carrier name, not abbreviated
- Venezuela = country, not abbreviated
- Monster = flash type (for LA flashes, i've only seen monsters and "Combo" for a couple of Movilnet special editions - these are still monster flashes)
- 08-01-23 = flash date (year may have two or four digits). There is no way to know this date from a phone running such firmware.
- JAGla25262 = This is the "PRI" flex version thingy - but Latin American firmwares use the "JAG" prefix, and instead of the two repeated letters after that, you will always see "la", then there is the build number. Unlike NA firmwares, you CANNOT pull this number from your phone :( Also, obviously this number grows with each release.

I've also seen one or two African firmwares with LA filenames - looks like Moto from time to time builds firmwares in random places for random markets...

Smartphones (like the Q and friends) use a different naming scheme:
LA_IUSACELL_N_C_02.07.01I_03.06.00R_MONSTER_01
GENERIC_Q2_C_01.02.00I_01.00.00R_MONSTER_01

- LA = prefix only present on Latin American builds
- IUSACELL/GENERIC: carrier name (sometimes you will see the full carrier name, but most of the times you get a 3-letter code)
- N_C/Q2_C = model code (N = Q9c, Q2 = original Q)
- 02.07.01I = baseband version?
- 03.06.00R = SW version?
- MONSTER = self-explainatory
- 01 = release number